Lung herniation into pericardial cavity: A case of partial congenital absence of right pericardium

Abstract

Congenital absence of pericardium is rarely seen, often diagnosed intraoperatively during cardiac and thoracic surgeries. Left-sided pericardial defects are more common than right-sided ones. We present a case of an incidentally detected congenital absence of right pericardium with herniation of part of the right lung during ventricular septal defect closure surgery in a male child aged 4 years.

Keywords

• Congenital absence of pericardium
• lung herniation
• partial absence
• right pericardium